Edexcel GCSE History
Exam Questions

The 2 Mark "Describe One Feature" Question , The 8 Mark "How Useful are Sources A & B" Question, The 4 Mark "Follow up" Question , The 4 Mark "Explain One Way" Question , The 12 Mark "Explain Why" Question, The 16 Mark "How Far do you Agree" Question

Perceived Causes of Disease in the Middle Ages, Medieval Medicine: Treatments, Prevention of Disease in Medieval England, The Black Death, 1348: Case Study

Ideas About Causes of Disease in Renaissance Britain, Medical Advancements During the Renaissance, Treatments in Renaissance Britain, Prevention of Disease in Renaissance Britain, The Great Plague, 1665: Case Study

Ideas About Causes of Disease in 18th & 19th Century, Treatments for Disease in the 18th & 19th Century, Prevention of Disease in the 18th & 19th Century, Cholera in London, 1854: Case Study

Ideas About the Cause of Disease in Modern Britain, Medical Treatments in Modern Britain, Prevention of Disease in Modern Britain, Lung Cancer: Case Study

British Sector of the Western Front: Context, The Trench System at the Western Front, The Terrain & Impact on Transport & Communications

Health Problems in the Western Front Trenches, Wounds from Injuries on the Western Front

RAMC & FANY: The System of Transport, RAMC & FANY: The Stages of Treatment

Context of Medicine in the Early 20th Century, Experiments in Surgery & Medicine on the Western Front

The 4 Mark "Give Two Things You Can Infer" Question, The 12 Mark "Explain Why" Question , The 8 Mark "How Useful are Sources B and C" Question , Comparing Interpretations Questions, The 16 Mark "How Far Do You Agree with Interpretation 2" Question

The Origins of the Weimar Republic, 1919, The Treaty of Versailles, 1919, Political Challenges to the Weimar Republic, 1919-23, Hyperinflation in Germany, 1923

Economic Recovery of the Weimar Republic, 1923-29, Improving Foreign Relations, 1923-29, Changes to Living Standards in the Weimar Republic, Changes to Women in the Weimar Republic, Cultural Changes in the Weimar Republic

The Creation of the Nazi Party, The Munich Putsch, 1923, The Lean Years of the Nazi Party, 1924-28, The Impact of the Wall Street Crash on Germany, Why Did People Support the Nazi Party?, How Hitler Became Chancellor, 1932-33

How Did Hitler Create A Dictatorship by 1934?, The Nazi Police State, Religion in Nazi Germany, Nazi Propaganda, Culture Changes in Nazi Germany, Support & Opposition to the Nazi Party

Changes to Women in Nazi Germany, Changes to Germany's Youth, Changes to Living Standards in Nazi Germany, Persecution of Minorities

The 2 Mark "Describe One Feature" Question, The 12 Mark "Explain Why" Question

Elizabethan Society & Government-1558, The Issues with Elizabeth I Becoming Queen of England, The Advantages of Elizabeth I Becoming Queen of England, Challenges to Elizabeth I's Succession in England, Challenges to Elizabeth I's Succession in Europe

The English Reformation, The Importance of the Church of England in 1558, Religious Division in Elizabethan England in 1558, Elizabeth I's Solution: The Religious Settlement, 1559, Enforcing the Religious Settlement, Puritan Challenge to the Religious Settlement, Catholic Challenge to the Religious Settlement, Protestantism Across Europe, 1562-1569

Mary, Queen of Scots' Claim to the English Throne, The Arrival of Mary Queen of Scots, 1568, Mary & Elizabeth I's Relationship, 1568-1569

The Revolt of the Northern Earls, The Ridolfi Plot, 1571, The Throckmorton Plot, 1583, The Babington Plot, 1586, Mary, Queen of Scots' Execution, 1587, Walsingham & the Use of Spies in Elizabethan England

Sir Francis Drake & the Americas, England & the Spanish Netherlands

Elizabeth I's Action in the Netherlands, 1585-1588, The Singeing of the King's Beard, 1587, The Spanish Armada, 1588

Education in Elizabethan England, Leisure in Elizabethan England, Why Were the Poor Considered a Problem for Elizabeth I?, Elizabeth's Poor Laws, 1563-1576, The Elizabethans & Exploration, Walter Raleigh & the Colonisation of Virginia

The 4 Mark "Explain One Consequence of" Question , The 8 Mark "Write a Narrative Account" Question , The 16 Mark "Explain the Importance of " Question

Communism Versus Capitalism: Difference in Ideology, The Peace Conferences, 1943-1945, The Atomic Bomb's impact on US-Soviet Relations, The Impact of the Telegrams, The Creation of Soviet Satellite States

The Truman Doctrine & Marshall Aid, Cominform, 1947 & Comecon, 1949, NATO, 1949, The Causes of the Berlin Crisis, 1948, The Berlin Blockade, June 1948, The Berlin Airlift, 1948, The Creation of East & West Germany, The Warsaw Pact, 1955

The Arms Race, Changes in Leadership, 1953-1956, The Hungarian Uprising, 1956-1958

Berlin's Refugee Crisis, 1958, Khrushchev's Ultimatum, November 1958, The Summits About Berlin, 1959-1961, Building the Berlin Wall, 1961

The Cuban Revolution, 1959, The 'Bay of Pigs' Incident, April 1961, The Cuban Missile Crisis

Czech Opposition to Soviet Control, Leonid Brezhnev & the Soviet Reaction to the 'Prague Spring', The Brezhnev Doctrine, 1968

Why did America & Russia Attempt to Reduce Tension?, The SALT Agreements, The Helsinki Accords, 1975, The End of Détente: the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

Ronald Reagan & the 'Second Cold War', The Olympic Boycotts

Gorbachev's 'New Thinking', The Collapse of the Eastern Bloc, 1989-1990, The Fall of the Berlin Wall, The End of the Soviet Union

The 2 Mark "Describe One Feature" Question, The 8 Mark "How Useful are Sources A & B" Question, The 4 Mark "Follow up" Question , The 4 Mark "Explain One Way" Question , The 12 Mark "Explain Why" Question , The 16 Mark "How Far do you Agree" Question

The Types of Criminal Activity in Medieval England, Law Enforcement in Medieval England, Punishments in Medieval England, The Influence of the Church on 13th Century On Crime & Punishment: Case Study

The Types of Criminal Activity in Early Modern England, Law Enforcement in Early Modern England, Punishments in Early Modern England, The Gunpowder Plot, 1605: Case Study, Matthew Hopkins & the Witch-Hunts of 1645-47: Case Study

The Types of Criminal Activity in Eighteenth & Nineteenth-Century Britain, Law Enforcement in Eighteenth & Nineteenth-Century Britain, Punishments in Eighteenth & Nineteenth-Century Britain, Pentonville Prison: Case Study, Robert Peel: Case Study

The Types of Criminal Activity in Modern Britain, Law Enforcement in Modern Britain, Punishments in Modern Britain, The Treatment of Conscientious Objectors in the First & Second World Wars: Case Study, Derek Bentley & the Death Penalty: Case Study

The Problems of Housing & Overcrowding in Whitechapel, Poverty & Crime in Whitechapel, Immigration in Whitechapel

The Metropolitan Police, The Problems with Policing Whitechapel

Investigative Policing and the Whitechapel Murders, Why Couldn't the Police Catch 'Jack the Ripper'?

The 2 Mark "Describe One Feature" Question , The 12 Mark "Explain Why" Question , The 16 Mark "How Far do you Agree" Question

Anglo-Saxon Society in c1060, The Power of Anglo-Saxon Monarchs, Government in Anglo-Saxon England, The Legal System in Anglo-Saxon England, The Anglo-Saxon Economy, Religion in Anglo-Saxon England

The House of Godwin & Edward the Confessor, The Uprising Against Tostig Godwinson, 1065

The Death of Edward the Confessor, Who Wanted to Become the King of England in January 1066?, Harold Godwinson Becomes King, 6th January 1066

The Battle of Gate Fulford, 20th September 1066, The Battle of Stamford Bridge, 25th September 1066, The Battle of Hastings, 14th October 1066

The Submission of the Earls, 1066, How did William the Conqueror Reward Loyalty?, The Marcher Earldoms, Motte & Bailey Castles

Edwin & Morcar's Revolt, 1068, Edgar Aethling & the Rebellions in the North, 1069, The Harrying of the North, 1069-1070, Hereward the Wake & the Rebellion of Ely, 1070-1071, The Revolt of the Earls, 1075

Changes in Landownership, 1066-1087, Changes in Landholding after 1071, William the Conqueror's Royal Powers

The Feudal System, The Church in Norman England, The Structure of Norman Government, The Domesday Book, The Norman Aristocracy, The Reign of William I & Succession

The 4 Mark "Explain One Consequence of" Question, The 8 Mark "Write a Narrative Account" Question , The 16 Mark "Explain the Importance of " Question

The Plains of America, Who were the Indigenous Peoples of the Plains?, What Factors Encouraged Western Migration?, The Problems With Migration: The Donner Party, The Mormon Migration, 1846-1847, Tension with the Indigenous Peoples of the Plains, The Fort Laramie Treaty, 1851, Lawlessness in Early Settlements on the Plains, Tackling Lawlessness in the Plains

The American Civil War, 1861-1865, The Homestead Act, 1862, The Pacific Railroad Act, 1862, Tackling the Problem of Homesteading, The Impact of the American Civil War on Lawlessness, Development of the Cattle Industry in the American West, The Changing Role of the Cowboy, Rivalry Between Homesteaders and Cattle Ranchers, How Did the Development of the West Affect the Plains?, Conflict on the Plains, 1862-1868

Changes in Farming, c1876-c1895, Changes in the Cattle Industry, c1876-c1895, The Exoduster Movement, 1879, The Oklahoma Land Rush, 1893, Continued Lawlessness: Billy the Kid,1859-1881, Continued Lawlessness: Wyatt Earp & the OK Corral, 1881, The Johnson County War (1892), Continued Conflict on the Plains, 1876-1890, The Extermination of the Buffalo, Indigenous People's Lives on the Reservations, Changing Government Attitudes Toward the Indigenous Peoples of the Plains